Joseph
DUPRAS
(b.
2 December 1751
,
Laval, Canada, New France
d.
8 January 1812
,
Lachenaie, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph DUPRAS was born 2 December 1751 in Laval, Canada, New France
Joseph DUPRAS was the child of Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU) (maternal) Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULTJoseph DUPRAS died 8 January 1812 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .
m. Lalonde Louise
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Occupation
Joseph DUPRAS was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph DUPRAS was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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1751 Birth 2 December 1751
Laval, Canada, New France
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1812 Death 8 January 1812
Lachenaie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 60.
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